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Home Network Safety Checklist

A room-by-room checklist for making your home Wi-Fi and connected devices safer for children — router settings, filtering, and device checks.

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Work through each item to secure your home network: change default router passwords, turn on network-level filtering, set up a guest network for smart devices, and confirm parental controls on each child's device. Tick boxes let you track what's done.

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This is practical educational content to support families. For case-specific concerns about a child's safety, contact the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000 or your local safeguarding team.

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